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Tandoori Nights is a Channel 4 sitcom broadcast in two six-episode series from 1985 to 1987. The programme focuses on the rivalry between two Indian restaurants in East London: The Jewel in the Crown and

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Season 1

  • Apart from the Kama Sutra
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    Apart from the Kama Sutra

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/1985

    Jimmy plans to acquire a new wife over an intimate family supper, but the course of true love doesn't run smoothly. Meanwhile, one of Jimmy's old waiters opens a rival restaurant across the road.

    Director: Jon Amiel

    Writer: Farrukh Dhondy

  • White Lies
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    White Lies

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/1985

    It's clear that Allaudin, the Jewel's brilliant but temperamental chef, has a problem: he's mixing up the quail and chicken orders and his immigration status is causing problems with the Home Office.

    Director: Jon Amiel

    Writer: Farrukh Dhondy

  • Down with Oswald Pick
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    Down with Oswald Pick

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/1985

    Oswald Pick has ruined the reputation of The Far Pavilions in a magazine review. Jimmy is delighted but worries that Pick might target the Jewel next. And who is the real Oswald Pick?

    Director: Jon Amiel

    Writer: Farrukh Dhondy

  • Far from the Ganges
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    Far from the Ganges

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/25/1985

    Jimmy's mum demands to be allowed to move back to India, but Jimmy wants her to stay in England until Bubbly and Asha are married, so she immediately embarks on a search for husband material.

    Director: Jon Amiel

    Writer: Farrukh Dhondy

  • Film Fare
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    Film Fare

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/1/1985

    Asha is delighted when she hears that Mumbai megastar Ravi Dastaan will be eating at the Jewel after his Wembley concert, but waiter Noor, who's secretly in love with his boss's daughter, isn't happy.

    Director: Jon Amiel

    Writer: Farrukh Dhondy

  • A Little Free Enterprise
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    A Little Free Enterprise

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/8/1985

    Rashid offers Jimmy an olive branch: a special price on a delivery of vintage (stolen) wine. But then Rashid is arrested...

    Director: Jon Amiel

    Writer: Farrukh Dhondy